The line averaged 273 pounds in 1982 [5] — not including Jacoby, who joined the team later weighing in at around 300 pounds.

Early on, the Hogs provided cover for running backJohn Riggins and quarterbackJoe Theismann. Riggins was accepted as an "Honorary Hog". Quarterback Theismann threw a key block one day and begged to be named an "honorary piglet." Theismann never had to hit a blocking dummy every day, which is why he never made "piglet." Besides, Bugel said: "We don't want a quarterback in the gang." "No quarterbacks," Starke said at the time. Theismann has said in numerous occasions that after that block he did make it into "The Hogs" as a "Piglet."[4]

Their successes inspired a group of male fans who came to be known as "The Hogettes",[6] who attended games dressed in "old lady" drag (dresses, wide-brimmed hats) and wearing plastic pig snouts. The Hogettes cheered the Redskins on for 30 years before announcing their retirement in 2013.[7]